Improvement in pocket-book frames



G. BLUSIT. Pocket-B'ookFrame.

.No'. 199.778. Patented Jan. 29,1878.

UNITED` STATES i afinished pocket-book frame.

PATENT .QFFICE GHARLES BLUST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASS IGNOR TO SGHIMPERBROTHERS,

' OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPRGVEMENT IN POCKET-BOOK FRAMES.

Specfication forming pait of Lettere Patent No. 199,77 S, dated January29, 1878; application filed January 2, 1878.

reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to the hinges of such frames, or the hinge-jointsby which the separately-formed parts of the frame are attached to eachother.

Hitherto the hinge -j oints of such frames have been made by insertin gsolid rivets either through holes 'punched in the meeting ends of theseparately-formed parts, or through loops formed on said meeting ends ofsaid separatelyformed parts.

My improvement can be carried out in the regular manufacture of suchframes at acost very much less than that required for making .thehinge-joints with solid rivets, as above set forth, and at the same timean easy-Working and more durable hinge-joint is secured, Which issusceptible of a higher finish, and gives a more elegant appearance tothe frames than is possible with the old style of joint. The principalobject of the invention is, however, economy in the manufacture of theframes, as in the present state of the art any improvement Which resultsin a savin g of even seven or eight cents i per gross is of importance.

` Figure 1 in the drawings is an end view of Fig. 2 is a side View ofthe same, with sectional views of the hingc-joints. Fig. 3 is a sideview of a frame, with sectional view of the hinge-j oints thereof,illustrating a modified method of carrying out my nvention; and Fig. 4is an end view of the frame shown in Fig. 3.

A and B are the separately-formed parts of the frame, hinged together,as hereinafter described.

In one way of carrying out my invention, I punch holes c c in theOverlapping ends of 'the aforesaid parts A B, and attach them togetherby means of the eyelets d, which are passed through the said holes, andthen' have their ends expanded and spread overthe meeting ends of thehinged parts, to hold them together; or the said eyelets may each haveone end expanded, to form a head, previous to insertion, and thenhavetheir other ends expanded and spread, to form a head for the permanentjoiningof the parts AB, after the manner of an eyelet. The said eyeletsare very cheaply made by machinery, and the work of nserting them ismuch less than the insertion of solid rivets, Iand the heading of saidrivets when so inserted.

In another way of carrying out the invention, Iform the eyelets out ofthe metal of one of the separately formed parts of the frames. Forexample, in Fig. 3, d' represents such eyelet formed out of 4 andcontinuous with the metal in said part A. Said eyelets are passedthrough holes c', formed in the part B, and then the free ends of saidpivots are expanded and spread, as hereinbefore described, to form ahead and permanently join the said parts, leaving a smooth outer surfaceto the joint, as shown in Fig. 4.

I claim-` The combination, with the separately-formed parts A B of theframe of apocket-book, portemonnaie, bag, or satchel, of eyelets forjoining said parts, and hinging them together, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name in the presence of twosubsoribing witnesses.

FRED. HAYNEs, 4 BENJAMIN W. HOFFMAN.

